I would like to ask if how to run a mutlitple Skype account in version 8.12.014? /secondary and it does not seem to work anymore in version 8.12.0.14. For OSX (/Users/$(whoami)/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Skype for Desktop'). Soon at the Mac App Store. Second Lane Version 1.0.0 for Mac OSX Lion.Run multiple copies of applications like Skype, Multiple Skype Accounts - Multiple Skype Instances/Windows at the same time.by Marcelo Mejia CoboMacDevStudio.

Hi Phil, I think the complaint here is that the idea or concept has been missed or ignored by MS. Who wants to have their conversation history in 85 different threads? How about sharing files, or referencing links, or whatever else it is people do? At this point, if you haven't already noticed that WhatsApp is one of the world's most successful chat solution it's because not only is it singular, but contains all required content and history.

Not only is that feature useful in a personal world, but from a business standpoint it offers reliability and legal referral. I just find it, or should say we the community, find it astounding that the brains at MS haven't sovled this issue already. That said, can you confirm whether the reason behind not solving this in SfB is because you'll abandon it for teams? First, let me say 'thanks' to everyone for patience on this. I know that this is a frustrating experience in the UI. Unfortunately, the timeline for a fix that I had original expected has not worked out. An operation on the server timed out outlook 2011 for mac.

We are not ignoring the issue, nor are we declining to fix it because of Teams. In the latest Insider release, we have an improvement that prevents multiple windows if a conversation is open in a separate window. ( Show conversations in separate windows is enabled in Preferences, or you have double-clicked an item in chats to pop out a window.) In this case, we will reuse the same, open window for all conversations with that contact. This does not prevent multiple entries in the Chats list for the same contact. Since this has been a long-running discussion, and people have asserted various solutions over time, I will offer some context on the issue and our efforts to resolve it. The fundamental problem is that Office Communicator/Lync/Skype for Business conversation model is session-based, not people-based, so every conversation between two people is distinct and stored independently in the conversation history in Exchange. This has been true since the original Office Communicator product, and the entire ecosystem is built around the architecture.

Rearchitecting the entire product ecosystem is not feasible. (Note that Skype consumer service uses a completely different back end that was built independently when Skype was it's own company.) The Chats list in the app shows the conversation history where you see multiple conversations sessions with the same person. The problem comes in that the Chats list also acts as a tabbed 'switcher' for conversations. As a conversation history, it's fine. As a switcher, it is not. (Note that in the Windows SfB app, the conversation history and tabbed list of open conversations are separate so this confusion doesn't happen.) Our efforts to mask the underlying session model have exposed various issues that made the proposed solution unstable, perform poorly, or not work correctly in various scenarios. We are continuing to look at how we can best address this issue.